Coming to MUBI today, Thursday, August 26:
BUDDY
Director:
Heddy Honigmann
World Premiere:
IDFA 2018
Select Festivals:
Hot Docs, Visions du Reel, DOXA, Documentary Fortnight, Bergen, Dokfest Munich,
About:
From enabling people to occupy public spaces to easing anxieties around social interactions, dogs help their humans navigate physical and emotional living.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to MUBI today, Wednesday, August 25:
PURPLE SEA
Director:
Amel Alzakout, Khaled Abdulwahed
World Premiere:
Berlin 2020
Select Festivals:
IDFA, Visions du Reel, Doclisboa, Ann Arbor, RIDM, Camden
About:
Made from images filmed by the Syrian artist Amel Alzakout after the boat on which she was fleeing Syria sank off the coast of Lesbos, a revisitation of the moment in which the co-director and the other passengers are floating in the sea in their life-jackets, waiting to be rescued.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to VOD this week:
KIPCHOGE: THE LAST MILESTONE
Director:
Jake Scott
World Premiere:
VOD release (August 2021)
About:
Kenyan Olympic runner Eliud Kipchoge dreams of completing a marathon distance of less than two hours.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to NYC’s Rooftop Films screening tomorrow, Wednesday, August 25:
ONCE UPON A TIME IN QUEENS
Director:
Nick Davis
World Premiere:
Rooftop Films (August 2021)
About:
The first two parts of ESPN’s 30 for 30 multi-part profile of one of the most dominating, infamous, and magical teams of all-time: the 1986 Mets.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, August 24:
AGAINST THE CURRENT
Director:
Oskar Pall Sveinsson
World Premiere:
Reykjavik 2020
About:
Transgender adventurer Veiga Grétarsdóttir attempts to kayak the 1,300 mile circumference of Iceland, counter-clockwise and against the current, an achievement that has been compared to climbing K2.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Netflix tomorrow, Wednesday, August 25:
BOB ROSS: HAPPY ACCIDENTS, BETRAYAL, & GREED
Director:
Joshua Rofé
World Premiere:
Rooftop Films (August 2021)
About:
Bob Ross brought joy to millions as the world’s most famous art instructor, but a battle for his business empire cast a shadow over his happy trees.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Netflix’s UNTOLD series tomorrow, Tuesday, August 24:
CAITLYN JENNER
Director:
Crystelle Moselle
World Premiere:
Netflix (August 2021)
About:
Caitlyn Jenner’s unlikely path to Olympic glory was inspiring, but her more challenging road to embracing her true self proved even more meaningful.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Discovery+ today, Monday, August 23:
GENERATION GROWTH
Director:
Mu Sun
World Premiere:
Heartland 2020
Select Festivals:
Hot Springs Doc
About:
A Bronx educator who has developed an indoor gardening curriculum to bring hope, health, and opportunity to low-income students works to expand the program across the country.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
New to VOD this week:
UNDER THE VOLCANO
Director:
Gracie Otto
World Premiere:
SXSW 2021
About:
The story of George Martin’s AIR Studios Montserrat and the island that changed music forever.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, August 20:
MISSING IN BROOKS COUNTY
Director:
Lisa Molomot, Jeff Bemiss
World Premiere:
Dallas Docufest 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Double Exposure, United Nations Association, Hot Springs Doc, Rocky Mountain Women’s, Fargo, Salem, Sonoma, Thin Line, Cleveland, Annapolis, Ashland, Sarasota, RiverRun, Mountainfilm
About:
The deadly consequences of America’s immigration policy are revealed in a Texan border town.
The film screened as part of DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
Just 70 miles north of the Mexican-US border is a land haunted by ghosts. Brooks County, Texas is a barren landscape designed as a deterrent to illegal crossings, but people continue to attempt to cross, and many die trying. The municipality lacks the resources to properly deal with this sad reality, and the numbers keep rising. Multiple locals proffer contrasting opinions as two families search for their loved ones, and the toll of an unsustainable immigration policy is laid bare.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
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